NOTD + Sparkle-iscious swatch

Hey! I hope you're having a great weekend! I have had an okay one myself, unfortunately with a silly headache keeping me from doing anything out of the ordinary - but I have been playing with nail polish and drawing, so I consider it a nice relaxing weekend anyways. :) Having as many migraines as I do, you quickly learn to appreciate days without and live with regular headaches.

First, I want to show you one of OPIs new glitters from the Burlesque set - Sparkle-iscious. I think it looked awsome lined up together with Tease-y Does It, and decided to try it with Tease-y as a base colour. No topcoat, as this was only a test. I prefer glitters layered over colours for extra depth.

Here's the result! I think it looks great but a similar shade would be adequate, as you don't get to enjoy the sparkle of Tease-y with this much glitter on it.

OPI Tease-y Does It + OPI Sparkle-iscious - natural light

OPI Tease-y Does It + OPI Sparkle-iscious - shade

OPI Tease-y Does It + OPI Sparkle-iscious - flash

Next is today's Konadicure. I recently received new plates, and along them were one of my most anticipated - M79! Full of dots and clouds, I'm going to use these patterns a lot! ♥

I used NailTek Foundation II as basecoat, Wet 'n' Wild Black Creme as base colour, GOSH Gypsy Blue for the dots and Seche Vite for topcoat.

I haven't used NailTek moe than twice so I'm still not sure what to think about it. It dries quickly and leaves a matte surface, that much I can tell you.

Wet 'n' Wild is a great AND cheap black creme! I paid about 2$ for it, which is cheap in Denmark :) It dries to a very shiny finish, and is easy to apply.

GOSH Gypsy Blue is my favourite basic blue out there.. Admitted, I don't have many, but it's got something I can't quite put my fingers on - just that teeny tiny colour twist that makes it so special. A gorgeous, easy to apply creme, but not recommended for stamping unless you want a subtle, more see-through result. Until I find a darker blue with a hint of teal in it, it works fine ;)

Seche Vite is the best top coat I've tried. It dries so amazingly quick, and it very easy to apply - and with two coats it leaves your nail with a glossy, almost gel-kind of surface ♥ The only negative thing to say about Seche Vite is that is contains Toluene, one of the three chemicals wisely to avoid in nail polishes. I can't live without it - wearing new colours almost daily I don't want to spend 2 hours with my fingers in the air each evening LOL!

Natural light

Flash

Indoors

Indoors - evening

Fake light

That's all for today! I think I will have take some shots of my collection in the very near future :) It has grown so much since I started this blog!

~ Vettelicious

NOTD : OPI Tease-y Does It

Sorry for doubleposting, I wanted my NOTD seperately so the post didn't get too long.

Today I am wearing OPIs Tease-y Does It from their new Burlesque set - a beautiful dark shade with even prettier shimmer. I bought this one together with Shimmer & Shimmer and Sparkle-iscious which I will show another day.

First, a shot of the bottle where you can see the beautiful shimmer ~

OPI Tease-y Does It

And now for a few shots of the results!

OPI Tease-y Does It

OPI Tease-y Does It

OPI Tease-y Does It

OPI Tease-y Does It

I used a basecoat, 2 coats of Tease-y and finished with a coat of Seche Vite top coat (I love this stuff! Should've bought it ages ago!).

I also want to show you a pic of my Absolute Alice manicure I wore until yesterday - I spiced it up with some new plates I got from Ebay!

GOSH Gypsy Blue + OPI Absolutely Alice + cheap stamping plates from Ebay

That's all for today!

~ Vettelicious

China Glaze 'Tis the Season Party Hearty!

I have an amazing new polish to show you today! As it's very Christmassy, I didn't want to make an entire mani dedicated to it just yet, but I will once we get closer to Christmas!

It's the very Christmas polish I have been looking forward to the most from China Glaze - Party Hearty. I saw it on Ebay for a very reasonable price (considering retail here where I live), and couldn't resist. Isn't it funky even in the bottle? ♥

China Glaze Party Hearty - the most funky glitter this Christmas (so far!)

I decided to swatch it over 4 basic colours - black creme, green shimmer, red shimmer and white creme - which is your favourite?

1 coat Party Hearty over black creme, green shimmer, red shimmer and white creme

The thing I love most about this polish is that it has 3 different sizes of glitter in it - it reminds me of Deborah Lippmann polishes! ♥

Application is a little tricky, as you want the big red glitter spread nicely throughout the nail, but it's manageble. I would recommend using a topcoat for a better looking finish.

~ Vettelicious

Weekend, yay!

You have no idea how much I've been looking forward to this weekend! I need a few days under a blanket with hot chocoa and a good movie after a week of migraines between work.

First, I'd like to show you yesterday/todays manicure. I wanted to try out GOSH Vanilla Ice on top of black, and I was NOT disappointed about the outcome! Sadly, I don't have a picture of Vanilla Ice, but it's an effect polish. Very sheer. Here's the result on my nails ~

1 coat Black base and 1 coat GOSH Vanilla Ice

And with flash for extra bling!

1 coat Black base and 1 coat GOSH Vanilla Ice

I'm sorry about the horrible chip in my index finger, that's how my nails look after a day of work. I took these pics right before I made a new manicure, so it's not like I walk around with chips all over my nails. :)

My fiancé texted me while I was at work today, saying that a package from the UK had arrived... It's my ASOS Beauty Sale haul, yay!! I was SO excited when I found out they had reduced most of the nail polishes I had been eyeing last time I ordered, but decided against. Check out what I got!

ASOS Beauty Sale haul

The most exciting was OPI Absolutely Alice ~ 50 dkr (about 5£), OMG!! To bad they didn't have Mad as a Hatter, but at least I got the one I wanted the most! ♥ ♥ ♥ And I was pretty lucky to get it, since it sold out really quickly. It's my first OPI polish, but I have more on the way :)

Of course I had to try out Absolutely Alice right away... I decided to go with a blue base, so I didn't have to use as many layers of AA (it's a pain to remove, and I want the bottle to last longer LOL).

I used GOSH Gypsy Blue as base (a colour too beautiful to use as a base, but I lack blues in this colour), here's a picture ~

1 coat GOSH Gypsy Blue

And with Absolutely Alice on top ~

1 coat GOSH Gypsy Blue and 1 coat OPI Absolutely Alice

And a few extra shots because this colour is so beautiful ~

Natural light, no flash or direct sunlight

Flash. It makes the glitter more see-through

Close-up of nail, no direct sunlight

What can I say about this polish? I love it! ♥ I would wear it all the time if it weren't for all the other gorgeous nail polishes out there ;) I think 1 coat base and 1 coat glitter is enough for coverage, but if you check out the picture with flash it is see-through. I think it's because the flash washes out a lot of the glitter. Nothing you see in real life!

Gotta run, wanna watch a movie and enjoy my weekend! Have fun girls ♥

~ Vettelicious